- Fran loses Elizabeth Taylor's string of black pearls.
- When Fran finds out that Elizabeth Taylor is stopping by the house (as much as Maxwell, C.C. and Niles tried to prevent her from knowing), she does whatever she can to spend some alone time with her. After spending such time, Elizabeth still asks her if she would telephone a bonded courier company to deliver a string of black pearls she will be using for a photo shoot to promote her new fragrance. Sylvia convinces Fran that a courier company screams "rob me", so Fran decides to hand deliver them herself. When the taxi in which Fran is traveling gets into a fender bender, Fran suffers a concussion resulting in some short term memory loss. Included in that memory loss is any knowledge of black pearls. As Maxwell waits desperately for Fran to regain her memory, that memory loss which results in some personal complications (much to Niles' delight), Maxwell tries to avoid the wrath of Elizabeth Taylor.—Huggo
- C.C. () and Maxwell () attempt to distract Fran () with an errand for so she will not attempt to horn in when Maxwell meets with one of his many famous associates: . However, Fran sees through the ruse, and though she promises to behave herself, she outwits Niles () and greets Elizabeth excitedly when she arrives. They chat briefly about Fran's marital status ("I've never been married." "...Not even one time?") and about Elizabeth's impressive career before Fran discovers her mother Sylvia () hiding in the coat closet, desperate to meet her idol. Maxwell arrives, somewhat annoyed by Fran's shenanigans, accompanied by C.C., who is more than slightly flustered by the Hollywood legend's presence. Elizabeth asks Fran to call a bonded courier to transport a stunning set of black pearls that she plans to wear in an advertisement for her new fragrance, but Fran decides that a courier is not secure enough and opts to deliver the jewelry herself. She and her mother leave--after retrieving Yetta () from the closet as well.
Fran takes a cab and gets into a conversation with the feisty driver (), who is having boyfriend problems. Fran mentions her "girlfriend" Elizabeth Taylor, and the cab driver is so distracted that the get into an accident and Fran is knocked out. At the hospital, Yetta, Sylvia and the Sheffields wait for news, and soon learn that Fran is experiencing amnesia and has forgotten who she is, although C.C. is far more concerned with the missing pearls. Fran at first believes herself to be Elizabeth Taylor, and then mistakes Maxwell and the children for her own family, pleased to have done so well for herself. Back at home, she surprises her "husband" in the bath, and he vainly attempts to explain that she is in fact his nanny as Niles looks on in amusement. At breakfast, Fran questions why they are not romantically involved after knowing each other for so long, and Maxwell cannot answer. Sylvia comes by to help Fran regain her memory, showing her some family photos, and Fran finally recalls who she is--and remembers that she left the pearls in the cab, much to Maxwell's frustration.
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